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|    Sergey Sapronov to Maurice Kinal    |
|    Re: Linux for old computer (very)    |
|    10 Nov 21 10:17:02    |
      REPLY: 2:280/464.113 618b6777       MSGID: 2:5020/827.1 618b7302       PID: GED+W32 1.1.5-b20120519       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/w32-mgw 1.4.0-sta 30-03-12        Привет, Maurice!               Ответ на сообщение Maurice Kinal (2:280/464.113) к Sergey Sapronov,       написанное 10 ноя 21 в 09:02:               SS>> There is a laptop, ancient. It only has 128MB of RAM (and a 40GB        SS>> IDE drive!). What Linux can I install on it?               MK> Have a look at some of the older slackwares at        MK> ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware/slackware-iso/ as they have        MK> versions nobody else has, not even slackware. Offhand I'd guess        MK> something like slackware-10.0 or thereabouts should work.              Thanks, I'll watch this.               SS>> I want to deploy FTN software on it, and a website (with a load        SS>> of about zero). Is it even possible?               MK> Yes. How much do you know about installing linux distributions? Also        MK> does the laptop have a bootable CD-ROM? That will make a HUGE        MK> difference.              There is a CD-rom, but it does not read modern cd-r for some unknown reason.       So far I have come to this option: I removed the HDD, connected it via an       IDE-2-USB adapter to a full-fledged laptop, created a virtual machine with       this physical disk through VMWare player on it, and on this disk I plan to       install Linux from an iso image, and after installation, connect the hdd back       to the old laptop - this is the design!               С уважением - Sergey               * Origin: Since 14 Feb 2003: (2:5020/827). Send via (2:5020/827.1)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 30/0 50/109 90/1 103/705 105/81 114/709 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 154/10 218/700 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 702       SEEN-BY: 229/424 426 428 452 550 616 664 700 240/1120 5832 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 261/38 280/464 282/464 1038 292/854 301/0 1 101       SEEN-BY: 301/113 812 317/3 322/757 335/364 341/66 342/200 460/58 463/68       SEEN-BY: 467/888 633/280 712/848 920/1 5000/111 5001/100 5005/49 5019/40       SEEN-BY: 5020/827 828 830 846 1042 2047 2140 4441 5030/1474 5036/26       SEEN-BY: 5058/104 5064/56 5083/444       PATH: 5020/827 1042 301/1 229/426           |
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